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Understanding fonts
The following illustration shows samples of a font printed in different point sizes:
The point size of a font is defined as the distance from the top of the tallest character in the font to the
bottom of the lowest character in the font. Due to the definition of point size, different fonts printed at
the same point size may appear quite different in size. This is because there are other font
parameters that affect how the font looks. However, the point size of a font is an excellent
specification of the relative size of a font. The following examples illustrate two very different
proportional fonts at 14 point:
Bitmapped and scalable fonts
The printer uses both bitmapped and scalable fonts.
Bitmapped fonts are stored in printer memory as predefined patterns of bits that represent a typeface
at a specific size, style, and resolution. The following illustration shows an example of a character
from a bitmapped font.
Bitmapped fonts are available in different type styles and point sizes as downloadable fonts. Contact
the place where you bought your printer for more information about downloadable fonts.
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